OK honestly i have no idea what half the penalties were for last night, especially in that first half. He had no control on that game. I haven't yet watched it back but he was dreadful and equally on both sides. I was sat with a couple of Saints fans who were equally confused. If we were repeatedly sticking hands in at the ruck then we should have had a bin especially the amount of times he blew. Masoe should have had ten - regardless if you hit your own player or not the intention was there. That first half he not no control and i am surprised it didn't spill over to a brawl. Not saying we lost because of him, as he was equally as bad for saints.

Harsh to blame thaler when childs was the ref

Child!

There were pushes on Ormsby Westwood and countless other players over the course of the game, Burns attacked Russell's head on five occasions - one penalty was given for all of those.

Westwood on Masoe - the ball carrying arm hadn't touched the floor, he gave a penalty; Ratchford on Turner - Turner dived; O'B on Quinlan - they both had eyes on the ball, Saints player got to it first and he gave tackle in the air; Sims pinged on the line for Walsh putting the ball down on his leg and losing it.

The talking back rubbish...i saw Percival say "you f******g having a laugh ref", shouted at him, and he didn't say a word the ref! But Ratch shouts "he dived Sir" and he brings the captain over!

That was all in about a twenty minute spell. All against us.

The worst 40mins of referreeing i've seen all season!

Im very hungover so i blame that haha.

Burns must be loving it, all the stuff he got penalised for when he was at Hull KR he's now getting away with now that he is at St Helens.

I am glad others have picked up on Burns, he can't make a tackle unless it is high and finishes with a grapple.

Not to mention Random punches when standing from a tackle.. Dirty crap bag

Childs should never be given a game of this magnitude again..!
It was a "look at me I'm in charge performance" when he realises the fans don't come to see him he may improve as a ref.

It's a shame you can't have Bentham every week.

What are you talking about ?

I honestly think the great game we all love and gob off about on here every week is now at a standstill and will not improve or move forward till this poor officials week after week is not sorted out, apart from physically stabbing someone you don't get a sin bin, the refs just want to be known as the friends of any team that host the top 4 slot,, it's shocking, and to much of a regular poor performance,, it's ruining good games!!!

I've not had a chance to watch the game back (and I won't be doing in line with my sulky "we've lost so I am not bothered" ritual) but usually when you watch a game back on Sky, your opinion of the ref is much different to when at the game.

Has anyone bothered to watch it back to have a better judgement? At the game, I thought he was atrocious.

I saw the highlights programme last night & it was impossible to see the persistent offside that was being overlooked & the Masoe punch didn't even feature.

Just watched it on sky,, even more shocking was stevo and Eddie back every poor decision, proper saints love children are those 2, but it's as e on TV as it was last night,,

Name one poor decision Childs made? The Roby try was debatable, but wasn't his fault. The rest were very blatant.

tackle in mid air....both players going for the ball...eyes on the ball....penalty to Saints to get you out of your own 25....shocking decision.

Not showing the yellow to Percival for the professional foul on O'Brien ,ok it was in the 1st minute but it was a deliberate ploy as we had you on the rack down that edge.

Falling for Turners Klinsman esq dive for a penalty.

Putting Wire on a team warning for backchat to the ref, but not even speaking to the Saints captain despite Percival and Burns being guilty of it too.

I've watched it back, the first half reffing is awful, got better in 2nd half.
But if you don't want to hear Hemmings more or less cheering for Saints or Stevo creaming over Roby every 5 mins don't waste your time pal.

I had to watch it with the sound off....it was that bad.

Strange ref bias in rugby league ,in football you quite often get a home advantage with the ref , in RL it just seems to be who they perceive as the biggest team

This new system of referring to the video ref with referees opinion up front seems no less of a cop out than the old VR system...if the on field ref signals no try he should have the bottle to call it himself.

Mate you talk that much pesh on this forum, that sky have just got you a special seat between those other 2 saints loving clown children,, stevo and Eddie,, fit right in there perfectly!!

Feel sorry for Bradford and Leigh in a couple of days as he seems to be refereeing their game. A top of the table clash in the Championship, and the best appointment they can come up with is James Child.

Has Stuart Cummings got his job back or something? A appointment like this sniffs of the his prior handiwork.

Not seeing any mention of Penny's try being wrongfully awarded despite blatant failure to clear the ruck and Penny being several yards offside!

Watch the game back, Child did ok. There were a couple of poor calls, but nothing major. The result last night certainly wasn't influenced by Child!

Nobody to blame except Walsh for that, he had access to the ball and was milking the penalty. If he'd just got on with it instead of relying on Child for your field position Penny might not have scored.